What made you fall in love with comedy?

Gosh! Brian Rix! When DH and I were “courting”, we used to get free tickets to the Whitehall Theatre, and saw him many times. I’m not sure I’d find that sort of comedy funny now but we certainly did then!

I loved Bottom, too.

Brian Rix farces.
Went off TV comedy with Bottom ... my OH loved it.

Kenneth Williams, i think.
I found him hilarious, and love his songs.
The chordwangler.
I think he's dressed in a smock

I was much younger, Crackerjack, and Top Cat are my earliest funny programme memories. I always liked dry humour, and from about 12, I used to love Dave Allen, quite unsuitable for a person my age.

That was the week that was, The Harry Worth Show, Hancock’s half hour.
But most of all Tommy Cooper. He could just walk on stage and look gormless and I would have to laugh.
Also Ken Dodd ‘Missus have you ever felt like walking into Marks and Spencer’s and shouting Woolies!’
Meaning Woolworths of course.

BlueBelle

I ve never fell in love with comedy I either find something funny or I don’t

Exactly. As a rule, I prefer wit to humour. Stand-up comedy makes my skin crawl.

MayBee70

Probably goes back to listening to Round the Horne on the radio…

Yes!
And The Glums, I forget what else.

petra

You don’t fall in love with comedy
You either have a SOH or you don’t. I was the class clown in junior school.

Oooh I wish you been at my school, I too was the class clown and always in “bovver”

Oh, Greyduster we all say As eny fule kno in my family as well.

I’d say Hancock’s Halfhour for myself.

It’s a bit of it’s time and not the gentle humour I remember of Mike Harding!

youtu.be/WNIrVvyNeEs
Not sure if this will work…it’s about budgies…

62Granny

There was a comedian many years ago called Mike ? It was about the same time as Billy Connolly, he was from Yorkshire if I am not mistaken he told a joke about a budgie, I remember I laughed so much I nearly fell off the chair, that is possibly the first and last one I have ever laughed so much at.
My DH always tells me I laugh at my own jokes more than others. 🙄

He’s still around. He wrote a really funny book which I’d like to read again; I must have got it from the library. More of a musician and political activist these days. The thing I remember about from the book was about Moses having the worst case of constipation in history as he took several tablets and disappeared into the wilderness for forty days and forty night. So I guess his humour is in the mould of Billy Connolly. I also loved Spike Milligan and must reread his books sometime.And how can I not mention The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy…and Monty Pythons and the Holy Grail, surely the funniest film ever.

Would that be Mike Harding, 62Granny?

Greyduster

I didn’t fall in love with comedy; I fell in love with a character named Nigel Molesworth when I was at school and found the books hilarious. I still use the phrase “as eny fule kno” and still love his description of ‘skool dinners’ as “the piece of cod that passeth all understanding”. No hope for me then, or now! I’m still a huge fan of Round the Horne and so is my son. Father Ted, especially the one where the fathers gets lost in the lingerie section of a department store, still has me in tucks! I think the ability to laugh and enjoy comedy, be it zany or sophisticated, is what keeps us sane in this increasingly troubled world.

One of my favourite Father Ted episodes is Speed 3 which parodies the film Speed . It is some sort of a blackmail heist in which a New York Bus (I think) is destined to blow up if it drops below a certain speed.
Father Dougal is driving the booby-trapped milk float (!) then Ted drives alongside to tell Dougal that there's a bomb on board. Dougal's timeless reply is " Who's it fer, Ted ?"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There was a comedian many years ago called Mike ? It was about the same time as Billy Connolly, he was from Yorkshire if I am not mistaken he told a joke about a budgie, I remember I laughed so much I nearly fell off the chair, that is possibly the first and last one I have ever laughed so much at.
My DH always tells me I laugh at my own jokes more than others. 🙄

I didn’t fall in love with comedy; I fell in love with a character named Nigel Molesworth when I was at school and found the books hilarious. I still use the phrase “as eny fule kno” and still love his description of ‘skool dinners’ as “the piece of cod that passeth all understanding”. No hope for me then, or now! I’m still a huge fan of Round the Horne and so is my son. Father Ted, especially the one where the fathers gets lost in the lingerie section of a department store, still has me in tucks! I think the ability to laugh and enjoy comedy, be it zany or sophisticated, is what keeps us sane in this increasingly troubled world.

I think humour is innate. My niece when she was 6 or 7 years old one day when her mother was talking on the landline was jumping on and off the line that trailed across the floor and when I smiled at her said "not naughty ; funny" which indeed it was.
My friends and I at about 14/& 15 years of age at school literally kept a joke-book where we recorded the corniest jokes we discovered/could think of.
Comedians that have brightened up my life are almost too numerous to mention but definitely include many of those mentioned by GsNetters like the Father Ted gang , Hancock ( I still find "Hancock's HalfHour " hilarious) ; the Monty Python gang ; Mayall and Edmondson; Greg Davies ......We could all do with a few more laughs.

I think Tony Hancock was for me too, the first person that I can remember laughing at, on the radio.
Perhaps 'falling in love ' with comedy is not quite how I would phrase it, but I have certainly loved comedy as far back as I can remember. And still do.

Tony Hancock

I think I never have .

Or my Uncle Ben 😂who was a riot.

I think maybe appreciation of comedy is the better question?
It’s a long time ago but may have been Morecambe and Wise.

I fell out of love with it around the year 2007 after Little Britain . I thought some of that was very funny but nothing since.

I ve never fell in love with comedy I either find something funny or I don’t